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Events and happenings related to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Thursday, 17 December 2015. The information is updated on a rolling basis.

08:00. Last night in Judea and Samaria by the Israeli military detained 17 Palestinian Arabs, 10 of whom were wanted for terrorist activities. Four of the detainees are activists of Hamas. Detainees are transferred for interrogation to the interrogators of the Israel security Agency. In addition, in the area of the refugee camp Qalandiya (South of Ramallah) was found a cache of weapons. During the operation in qalandia, where they were detained two suspects in the terror, there were clashes between the military and the local inhabitants who tried to hinder the operation by throwing in soldiers stones and bottles with an incendiary mix. In response, we have used the lethal weapons to disperse the crowd.

10:45. At the checkpoint «Hawara», near Nablus, an Arab armed with a knife, attacked the military. The assailant was killed. Details

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict: chronology of events, December 17 17.12.2015